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SATURDAY.
..JUNE 12. 1897
THE UNION PARTY.
v The outcome of the convention held
at Albany on the 2d ia the formation
. of plans for the organization of a new
poliCicial party, composed of the advo
cates of the free and unlimited cornuge
of silver and those who favor an econ
omical government! administered in
the interest of the masses. It is the
purpose to gather all the reform ele-
meats under one : banner, and to
present a .formidable opposition to boss
rule and professional politicians. Fol
loging is the appeal to the people by
the prime movers in the union party:
To those who believe in the declara
tion of independence that all men are
created equal.
To those who believe In equal rights
- to all and special privileges to none.
To those who pray with Lincoln
"that the government of the people, by
the people and for the people shall not
perish from the earth." We invite you
'. to form a closer union.
To the six and a half million Voters
who stood the combined assaults of the
money power, we appeal to you as pa
triots to remain united. "We appeal to
you in the interests of your homes and
your children to keep your ranks un
broken, and' kindly receive others that
; are coming to our aid.
. We call upon caudid people to witness-
that all along the century now
closing tho people have toiled west-
- ward, building and leaving numberless
homes and industries to the tax
gatherers, the surer and the financial
. adventurer, . while all between the
. oceans, legions of their kindred lie in
unmarked graves.
They have conquered the wilderness
: as they have been relentlessly pursued
and despoiled of their substance. They
have gathered two thousand millions
in gold from the mines of the we9t,
. which has gone into the coffers of Wall
. street to maintain an idle .aristocracy.
Our chosen servants have made
themselves our masters and have
' bound us and our homes in bonds to
endure generations to come. "
Our demand for an equitable finan
cial system are denounced as repudia
tion. All appeals to our oppressors
are in vain, and though we are of the
same blood and fibre that established
. and maintained the glory and honor
, of our republic from the beginning
until now, our prayers and peaceful de
mands are branded threats of conrjsca
tion and anarchy and are met by the
. combined hosts of greed and apprehen-
sion, who break party ties and rise
; united against us.
: If the patriotic and humane states
men of the past were right our cause is
: right. . '. ' . '
If the great father of mankind is
righteous our success is sure.
."V We ask your invocations in behalf of
human rights and. trust your sober
. judgement to give a friendly- and help;
ing hand in the cause of a brighter
and better civilization. -.
With a firm reliance in the God of
nations whom we ask to witness the
earnestness of our appeal, the honesty
of our purpose and the justice of our
cause,, we declare ourselves ready for a
renewal of thetonflict for the preserva
tion of that sturdy, independent Amer-
- lean yeomanry, the crowning glory of
the ages, upon whose prosperity de
pends the diversified business interests
of the nation.
placed upon them through the rules
governing national banks.
This act brought the system into
general disfavor among the people,
who believed the bankers were specu
lating off the credit of the nation and
realizing more than legitimate proSts
on their investments, still there was a
supposed additional security to de
positors in national banks, through
tho supervision of a strict systora of
examining, but this has too often
proven a delusion to longer give nation'
al banks a prestigeamong depositors,
in tact, the regulations governing
national backs often proves the reverse
of protection to depositors.
I he regulation requiring a bank to
keep on hand 15 per cent of its de-
posits presumably is a protection to
the creditors of the bank, but it may
work directly the opposite. For
instance, the securities held by a bank
may all be good, worth dollar for
dollar, and a demand may suddenly be
made upon it that reduces its reserve
below the legal requirement, an ex
aminer becomes cognizant of this fact,
and the laws having been violated,
the controller of currency closes the
establishment and forces it into liqui
dation. This may bo done when all
the depositors are perfectly safe, and
vould, if requested, grant time to the
bank on their deposits. But in this
matter the creditors have no choice,
the lawful reserve having run below
the limit, the bank must suspend, and
when once closed the earning power of
tho deposits ceases or is consumed in
expenses of winding up tho affairs of
the bank, and in many instances the
depositors-suffers loss, whereas if the
bank bad been permitvd to continue,
they would have been paid In full, for
the bank itself, if conducted honestly,
would in all instances collect its credits
to a better advantage than a receiver
who is unacquainted with the business.
Thus safeguards that are supposed to
extended to the depositor may be used
to jeosardize his Interests and result
in his pecuniary loss. There are other
restrictions and rules exacted of
national banks that are equally
burdensome to the banks, such as pub
lishing financial statements, paying
expenses of exonimers, restrictions as
to amount of credits extended and
class of securities accepted, while they
are no protection to the creditors, but
inconveniences to the banks, which
eventually will cause the system to be
come as much in disfavor with bankers
as it is with the people.
IS IT THe1$LLVERCRAZE?
A DANGEROUS PROCEEDING
Theodore Durrant appears to have
another lease on life, bis attorney hav
ing applied to the federal courts for a
writ , of habeas corpus, which was
denied by the lower court and the
matter has been appealed to the U. S.
- supreme court. This of course will de
lay the execution of the murderer, and
possibly may yet result in saving his
life.
It Is probable, however, that the su
preme court will refuse to consider the
' matter, since it has been the policy of
the federal courts to not interfere with
state courts, and this policy should
serve as a precedent in the present
case. For, were, the U.' S. supreme
court to recognize this appeal, and take
!, t ,
-Zftuy BbOjB Ml jficycuu uua allying uut
of the judgment of the .'state court, it
would seo a precedent that would make
. the state judiciary inoperative. There
. would continually be a clash of au
thority. Everycase of importance de
cided by the state courts, whether
' civil or criminal, would be carried into
the federal courts, and there would be
no end to litigation. It is indeed in
the interest of justice that the two
courts sbould be kept widely separated,
- each having a distinct class of business
to consider, but neither should inter
fere with the other. If the U. S. su
preme court should consider Durrant'a
case, and order a writ of habeas corpus
issued, it would open the gates to a
atratam rtt nf.icrn.t.lnn That, wmilrl tlA
never ceasing, and would establish a
precedent that would be most danger
ous in the future.
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
"Among the many laws upon our
statute books that are objectionable,
there is probably none that are more
universally condemned than those
establishing the national banking
epetem and providing for regulating
banks. When the law creating
national banks was first enacted it was
at a time when the finances of the
country required revising, and it was
held up as a method to induce resident
capitalists to carry the oonded debt of
the nation and at the same time supply
a flexible and safe paper currency.
The law was consequently crude in its
form, and the amendments that have
been added have been no- improve
ment. The real animus of the law in its
incipency was to benefit the incorpor
ators of national banks, to give thtm
an opportunity to make large profits
upon money invested in government
bonds. The bonds being at a discount
enabled the . purchaser to issue a
greater amount of paper money on
tbem than they cost, loan such money
at whatever interest he could contract,
and at the same time draw interest
upon the bonds held as security.
Through this method incorporator8
of national banks made immense profit
out of the business, that overbalanced
the inconvenience of the restrictions
. After haying made all manner of
promises of a revival of business just
as soon as it should be known that Mr.
McKinley was elected (which promises
have miscarried) the Oregonian tries
to offer an excuse for a failure in the
fulfillment of its promises, and at
tempts to lay all the blame of this fail
ure upon the silver agitators. It says:
, "The real reason why business is
dull and industry slugglish is the lin
gering uncertainty as to the stability
of money value brought over from the
perilous legislative experimenting of
tho last twenty years and the alarming
erisis of last year. Business and in
dustry are carried on largely upon
credit. Foolish legislation has been
undermining credit, public and private,
for many years, and it received a pain
ful shock in the Bryan assault upon
the money standard a year -ago. ;" The
effect of this has been greatly to. limit
the use of credit in business and in
dustry, to the large restriction of op
erations in both fields which give em
ployment to labor, stimulate produc
tion and promote activity of trade.
"While the stability of the money
standard is in doubt, therefore, men
will not lend money oh long time for
employment in trade .or industry, un
less they receive ample security, on a
contract for payment in gold or its
equivalent. On the other band, men j
will not borrow money on long time
and agree to pay in gold when there is
danger chat tbey will bave to pay
premium for the gold. Caution on
both siddes' reduces loans in amount
and in time to the lowest point, re
stricts credit and narrows the basis of
Knalnoaa
This is the vilest kind of demagogy.
If it were the lack of confidence in
the money standard that stagnated
business in past years, business would
have resumed its normal conditions, as
the Oregonian promised, immediate
ly after McKinley's election, for by
his election the people were assured
that the nation would be on a single
gold standard during his administra-
tion of four years. We can now have
no hope or fear of going to a silver
standard for four years. We know our
money will be based upon gold until
1901, for it cannot be changed until
another president shall have been
elected and inaugurated. .Hence if it
were a lack of confidence in the money
standard that prevents the revival of
business, that has bean removed, and
every branch of business should now
be flourishing.
But the real cause is not in a lack of
confidence in the class of money that
is to be adopted. It is a lack of vol
ume of money. It is because there is
not enough money in circulation to
transact the business of the country,
consequently the purchasing power of
money has increased to the extent that
all products of the country have fallen
so low that producers are no longer
consumers. They "do " "not receive
enough for their products to enable
them to ' purchase the products of
others. Receiving only nominal com
pensation for their labors, they cannot
be large consumers. For this reason
manufacturers are unable to sell their
output, therefore cannot buy the out
put of producers of raw materials.
And this calamity will not be remedied
until there is an increase in the cir
culating medium, brought about by
an agitation of the silver "craze" that
will result in furnishing the people
with a more abundant and cheaper
money.
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY.
The actios cf the navy department
in not ordering the battle-ship Oregon
to Portland is indeed a disappointment
to tho entire state, and seems to bo
the result of a disposition on the part
of tne department to shift all responsi
bility upon the commander of the
vessel, . instead of the department
asuming the entire responsibility, as
it should. This however U but ah ex
ample of human nature to thrust re
sponsibilities upon those who are sub
ordinates.
The war department is full v advised
of tho depth of water all the way from
the mouth of tho river to Portland,
and Secretary Long knows whether or
not it would be safe to pass the battle'
ship over the bar and on to Portland;
but he would not order the vessel in
unless the captain would assume all
responsibility and take all blame in
case an accident should occur. This
is an evldonce of lack of decision on
the part of the secretary that is any
thing but commendable. He should
have shown decision on bis part and
done one of two thing?: Either have
refused to allow the battle-ship to have
entered the Columbia on account of
the perils of the undertaking, or have
ordered tho vessel taken to Portland,
and relieved the commander of any
responsibility whatever.
The captain of the 'ship, being only
a subordinate, acted wisely in not
taking the responsibility upon himself
of bringing the Oregon to Portland to
receive the silver rervice to be pre
sented by the state, but a lack of de
cision on the part of the secretary of
the, navy is by no means admirable.
If he thus attempts to shift responsi
bility upon under officials, the govern
ment will be in a serious plight ia case
of war.
TOO LIBERAL.
At Ellensburg the other day a white
woman married a well to do Chinaman
and it is the talk of all that section of
the country, and her act is violently
condemned. If she had married some
worthless white man, whom she would
have had to support, it is probable her
critics would not bave bad a word to i
say. The woman, mature and of age,
had the right to pick the person she
wanted for a husband, and being le
gally married to him it should concern
no one but her and him. East Ore
gonian.
This is indeed a liberal construction
and were the woman alone to be con
siaerea tnere certainly could be no
reasonable objections raised to her
choosing whomever she pleased for
husband. But the evils that may arise
from such a union do not end with the
principals to the contract. The issue
of a marriage, though yet unborn, are
entitled to consideration and their
rights should be guarded. It is suf
ficiently repulsive to shock the finer
senses that any white person should
marry a person of an inferior race.
but it is a crime against morality to
bring forth issue from such a union,
Either man or woman who is responsi
ble for bringing into the-world a child
of mixed blood, commits a wrong to
that child that is irreparable. The
child can never be anything but an in
ferior, and to prevent its coming into
the world authorities should enforce
regulations preventing the marriage
of any white person with any one of
different color. If the misguided El
lenaburg woman bad no more regard
for future generations than to marry
a Chinaman, the ' state should, have
stepped in and preveoted the union.
pmniinmfmmmnmmmmmmnimmmfnmmmmmmmmm
are we
Thronged ?
WHA
. fir
is the
Attraction ?
In hot sultry times like these it is only
the unusual bargains that don't go a
begging. Values, and big ones at that,
alone possess the power to interest. : :
U..OKJ
1 ..FOR SHTU
RDM
Y ONLY..
REGULAR.
8Jc
10 c
10 c
. 12c
15 c
15 c
20 c
25 c
.CORDONETS ......
.LINON BUODE'
.CREMONA CORDETTE..
.CIIATILLION STRIPES.
.LAPPET STRIPES ;
.ORGANDIE ALIX
.LAPPET MULL.
.TAMBOUR FANTAISIE . .
SPECIAL.
Gic
Tie "
7ic
9c
114c
llc
14 c
18 c
WARN
NQ
e
Discount of 25 per cent will be allowed
on all purchases of Lace on Saturday
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
& flAYS
The East Oregonian says the
"plant of the Pendleton woolen mills
and scouring mills is the most ex
pensive on the coast, and they are now
emploped in turning the raw wool
from the sheep's back into marketable
commodities, and employ one hundred
operatives, including all in the scouring
and wealing departments." This would
be the result in The Dalles, if we bad
woolen mills here. In fact we could
support larger mills than Pendleton
can because we are blessed with so
many more natural advantages, but
somehow we are unable to get the
mills.
The claim of Hon. W. H. Corbett io
a seat in the U, S. senate becomes less
tangible every day, and the old gentle
man had about as well give up hope
and return to Oregon. The senate
committee on privileges and elections
refused the other day to report upon
his case until all members should be
present, which is virtually saying that
a favorable report will never be made.
THE PRODUCTION OF GOLD.
The director of the Unites States
mints estimates that the production of
gold this year will reach $60,000000 -a
gain of $7,000,000 over the quantity
produced last year ;. in this country.
The increased production of gold with
the great decrease in the volume of
business will have a tendency to make
money plentiful, in the bank vaults
and . other depositories, but will have
no appreciable effect upon the volume
in circulation, and upon the increase
or decrease of the circulating volume
of money depends goods times or hard
times, as the case may be.
Any financial system is in favor of
the few individuals and against the
mass of men to the extent that its
forms encourage and stimulate the
hoarding and concentration of money,
thereby withdrawing it from circula
tion and undermining values, until
such a time that the few, who have the
money, can posses themselves- of the
property and product of the many.
The present financial system is of this
Kind and it is robbing honest labor
and enterprise of the fruits of their ef
fort through forms of investment
which we all agree to and permit by
our voices as well as our votes. The
public bonded debt and the mortgages
on the soil are the forms from which
the few obtain advantages and power,
as well as privilege, from the many
and to these can be traced all of the
iniquities of the money devil which so
harass and burden the people. East
Oregonian.
outside of prison walls are ready to TUFT IT n I T TTAFTYT O i VC
strike "for the same thing, but they 'V HA 1 tALilUUi J A I J
don't know where or how to striae,
JAPAN WANTS TO FIGHT
And the St. James Gazette at Lon
don Thinks America May
- Oblige Her.
Senator Quay is foresighted and
wants the duty on tea knocked out of Weyler'S Boasted Pacification
the tariff bill. He with a good many . n- .
...vi. ,o Not Discernable.
covered that it is not safe to levey a
heavy duty on such necessities as tea
and sugar.
The United States supremo court
having decided that a trust has the
right to contribute to a campaign
boodle fund, the work of controlling j
congress and electing legislatures will
now be pushed more vigorously by
trust and syndicate interests.
Now that Mr. Corbetts goose is
pretty thoroughly cooked, there- is no
reason why Governor Lord should not
convene the legislature in extra ses
sion long enough to pass the general
appropriation hill, and put tbe state
on a pay-as-you-go basis once more
Since Commissionec Calhoun has re
turned from - Cuba, there can be no
question about the the existence of
war- on that island. But since this
fact is established beyond question,
what will congress and the administra
tion do about it? Express more sym-
' i "
Special Commissioner Calhoun, who He had. not been there three days be
was sent to Cuba to inquire into tne lore he was convinced that the whole
cause of the death of Dr. Ruiz, has re- strength of the Cuban people is back-
turned with no new facts beyond what ing the insurrection. He became
has been reported by Consul-General satisfied it was in reality the struggle
of Cuba fo. the Cubans, and that they
would fight desperately for independ
ence. Everything he subsequently
saw and heard strengthened this be
lief.
Calhoun had .heard tho reports of
Republican Senators -Want to Raise tho
Duty on Sugar -Women may Prac
tice Law In Indiana Food for
tbe Starving.
- Chicago, June 8. The Chicago Tri
bune correspondent, Charles M. Pep
per, telegraphs the followin from New
York: ";. ' .
Special Commissioner J. CaJ;
houn, who returned hero yesterday
from Cuba says that he had formed an
impression before leaving the states
that negroes and possibly bandits were
party.
Thurston objected to calling it a
conference, as that was not binding.
He put a motion to the effect that the
caucus should be binding upon all
republican senators, and it was carried
by a large majority.
Tbe caucus instructed the finance
committee to report a new sugar sched
ule to be all specific, and on all sugar
which has gone through the process of
refining. 1 95-100 of a cent per pound
duty instead of 1 875-1000 of 1 cent per
pound as provided by the house.
Coarse, raw sugars from the Phili
pine islands and Java are to be ad
mitted at one-tenth of a cent less than
other raw. The abrogation of the
Hawaiian treaty was discussed, but no
conclusion was . reached when the
caucus adjourned.
DCRKANT'S FATE UNCERTAIN.
Our attention lias been called to the advertisements of a Dalles
firm, other than cur Agents, offering Baker Barb Wire. . j
Pease & Mays have been our Exclusive Agents
At The Dalles for many years for the sale of our Baker Perfect Barb Wire. 5
Can be Bought Only of Them " s
This Wire is manufactured under our patents; the name is copyrighted, - r,
and our attorney is now preparing to bring suits against the manufacturer
of this spurious Wire, and we desire to give Dotice that nil ...
Sellers and Purchasers Alike are Liable. f
Cheap, undesirable articles of no merit are never imitated. . . . ' S,
The great superiority of our wire has caused other wire to be stamped Baker. 5-
You buy Baker Wire, not on account of the name, but because of the super- :
ior excellence of the wire which has been tested to your entire satisfaction. r'
Then Purchase Your Wire of Pease & Mays. Jf
Our Accredited Agents at The Dalles
For no other firm there has or can secure Baker Perfect Barb Wire.
BAKER DEPARTMENT
Consolidated Steel & Wire Co.
205 Oregonian B'ldg, Portland. H, J. McMANUS, manager.
r
lmiMmMUMiiimimmumtimimMiM
Murderer Is Still
tbe Gallon
tbe Nbadow of
Lee. Colhoun's mission was a fruit- j
less one except that it helped to build
up tbe expenses of the government.
Wo are assured that the new tariff
law will be in operation some time
next fall, and then we are to have a
deluge of prosperity. If the tariff pacification by General Woyler and had
medicine fails to brine- the promised credited them in some degree. His
oro9Deritv. then we will be eiven a stay in Juoa aestroyea tnis notion, jue
dose of confidence and money reform
We trust.however, it will come in
broken doses.
TWO REPUBLICS.
Ex-Ambassador Eustis defines very
clearly the distiction between the re
publican form of government of
France and the republican form of
government of the United States. If it
is as he says, there is very little simil
arity between them them, except ia
the name republic. The government
of France is essentially autocratic.
The liberties of tbe individual are sub
servient to tbe workings of the govern
ment. It is hardly a more liberal form
of government than that of Germany,
and it certainly cannot compare with
England, where the people have a
voice in the affairs of the government
almost as great as in this country.
The republic of France is founded
upon the same principle of a govern
ment by tbe people as is this country,
but its workings are entirely different.
The government, instead of being the
servant of the people, is their master,
and the same spirit of militarism is ap
parent thero as it is in Germany, and
this is what would be tolerant to a free
born American citizen.
While Mr. Eustis' comparisons of
the two countries will apply to the
present conditions of affairs, it is
doubtful if it would in a few years from
now, for there is a growing; tendency
on the part of the money power in this
country to establish just such an ob
noxious system as is in vague in
France and Germany today, either by
the military, the police or the courts,
and possibly by all three.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The senate has determined to make
no change in the lumber schedule.
hence hereafter all lumber imported
will pay a duty of $2 per thousand.
Tbe convicts in San Quen tin struck
for better rations. Several millions
Senator Lee Mantel, of Montana,
thinks the McKinley tariff on wool was
not high enought to aftord ample pro
tection to American growers. He prob
ably wants the tariff rate fixed so high
that nobody can wear woolens. Just
such men as Mantle are the one who
make protection obnoxious, by de
manding unreasonable duties.
The silver "craze" may be dead, but
it is au awful lively corps, and will be
resuscitated ere another election rolls
around. Thirty-two states were repre
sented at the republican eilvecconven
tion held in Chicago, and the delegates
were all ready to put on their armor to
perform service for the reinstatement
ol the white metal.
could not find the pacification which
was reported. Instead he found signs
of war everywhere, even at the gates
of Havana. The Soanish tfoops held
certain parts of the island as an army
of occupation, while the insurgents
were making constant and often suc
cessful raids. Mr. Calhoun was so im
pressed with these evidences of actual
warfare that he gave out a blunt state
ment he could seo no end of the war
and that the devastation was growing.
Mr. Calhoun could not discover that
any approach to civilized methods of
warfare was being made on either side.
He was overwhelmed with evidence to
show the atrocities committed by the
soldiers under Weyler, particularly
the guerrillas who form a part of the
regular army,
Mr. Calhoun's personal inquiries
and investigations have satisfied him
Tbe country is flooded with Canadian, that the starvation and suffering caused
lumbar under the workings Of the k wvWa rnnnr.ntrafcion orJor
I J -
present tann law, say tne lumber wera not exa?srerated. He witnessed
men who are clamoring for protection. 8eenes of mi3ery at Matanzas, which
However tne report oi tne secretary oi determined him to look no further into
the trersury for last year shows that Lw.ni,.n(ii.o m WanA hn
aw r- m-t r.s . . i m l i I '
oniy iM.ouu.uw worm oi lumoer was aeen enouh
V, ' j'ivl " While Mr. Calhoun did attach so
cuusume'.i iu wiu uuiiou ouiu. I , , . . , ,,,
, mucn importance to o9iiigerency as to
K. G. Dunn & Co., say the tide has other phases of the question, what he
turned and the flood of prosperity is jaw did not cause him any fears for
running. This ia very true. The the United States in case the policy of
flood - has been . running about eight belligerency should be adopted by the
yeara uuu m lj ucou guiug nuwaiu tiio i aauMUlsiratlon ano oy congress.
spa and in the direction of Wall street.
. . , , , JAPAN WANTS A FIGHT,
oi tne common people nave Deen aoie i And st Jameg- Gazette Thints America
to catch any of it, and in its mad career I Hay oblige Her.
18 8Wl1 eomx oy mem. Trnrw. June 8. St. James' Gazette
Chamnaie-n will flow like water dur- this afternoon commenting upon the
ing the queen's jubilee. It is estimated dispute between Japan and Hawaii
that more than four million bottles will which it describes as a corrupt little
San Francisco, June . It wa(.ll
be a difficult matter to conceive a case
more complex than' that of Theodore
Durrant, the condemned murderer of
Blanch Lamont. His attorneys wholly
rely upon his application for a writ of
habeas corpus which tbey hope to
make to the. snprerae court of the
United States ia August.
The fact that tbe circuit court of
appeals, while denying the writ asked
for last week allowed the appeal, has
been construed as negativing the de
cree of death of the state court for the
present, but the attorney -general is in
doubt, and although he has had several
conferences with Warden Hale, of San
Quentin prison, within the past few
days, has not yet rendered a decision.
Durrani's attorneys claim - that
should Warden Hale proceed with the
execution'" of their client Friday, he
would be guilty of "legal" murder.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald enter
tains no such views of the matter, but
whether or not he would be justified
in ordering that the la w take its course
is a problem which has not been solved.
Should he oecide to do so Durrant's
attorneys would be compelled to have
recourse to an application for an in
junction in the federal courts.' If this
were denied a new problem would be
offered, inasmuch as the action itself
would be an indirectjadmonition to the
warden to proceed with the execution-
JAPAN HAS WEAKENED
Her Effort to Bluff Hawaii
Total Failure.
a
HIS FATE UNCERTAIN
Durrant the Murderer is Still in the
Shadow of the Gallows at
San Quinten.
Party of Prominent Official Vlult Portland
The California Editors at Port
- Townsend A Senaatlon In
Texas.'
be consumed, and those who drink and
enjoy it will be people who never did
anything but consume the earning of
the masaea, without giving anythipg
in return for what they receive, the
people whom the tax-ridden producers
of England are supporting in idleness
and luxury.
Some one estimates that the cost of
the national conventions of tbe young
people of the church work societies for
this year will be more '.ban 96,000,000,
and advises that the money would be
better spent ' to direct religious and
charitable work. The young people
have a right to spend their money to
suit themselves and we are confident
that they do spend it with more result
than would those who advise to the
contrary. r
republic, run by a handful of American
filibusters, says:
"As Hawaii has no resisting power
j the question arises will the United
States governmen t see its protege
through its trouble? The Japanese
may land an armed party at any
.moment. Then what will the Phila-; circuit and superior court bars over
delphiado? Japan since she smashed the protest of Attorney John Deals,
the Chinese is believed to be spoiling j of this city, who protested on the point
fnr a fij-ht, trit.h a white Dawer. and : of constitutionality. The case has
she may find America ready to oblige
ber sooner than she expects."
THE 1TOBK OF GHOULS.
Fifty Bodies Stolen From a Cemetarj
Near Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, June 8. The dis
covery has been made by a farmer that
Lick Creek cemetary, five miles south
east of here, has been almost emptied
recently of buried bodies. At least 50
bodies have been taken.
The farmer saw lying near a new
grave a shroud in which a body bad
been . buried. Today a number of
graves were opened and in eight out of
ten the bodies had been stolen, and in
three the coffin, clothing and all wore
missing. Every one who has a friend
buried is preparing to open the grave.
Food for Starving; Hindoos.
San Francisco, June 8. The City
of -Everette, chartered by the govern
ment to carry food to the starving
Hindoos, will sail for Calcutta June 12
from this city.
The cargo will consist almost en
tirely of corn contributed by people of
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska,
under the leadership of the Christian
Herald of New York. On reaching
Calcutta the ' grain ' will bo sent im
mediately to tbe American mission
ariea, and will be distributed by them
directly to tbe starving people.
Women Hay Practice Law.
Anderson, Ind., June 8. Mrs,
Harriet A. Wilkie, of Elwood, has
been admitted to the Madison county
San Francisco. June 9. Advices
bave just been received from Honolulu,
per steamship Australia, to the effect
that the Japanese minister, Shima-
mura, has changed his attitude to
some extent since the last advices
from the Hawaiian capitol. After the
departure of the steamship Peru
several conferences were held between
Ministers Coooer and Sbimamura,
with the result that the Japanese rep
resentative made proposals of a much
more reasonable nature' than those
which were first offered.
Originally Japan demanded an in
demnity for the total number of im
migrants turned away from the islands,
Now, however, it is understood that
she Is willing to accept damages only
in such cases whore the immigrant
was illegally rejected. This propo
sition the Hawaiian government will
accept. The original demand was
for 320.60 yen for each man refused a
landing.
The Hawaiian government admits
that among a thousand or more im
migrants a few errors may have been
made, and if any of those appear upon
a thorough investigation, expresses
readiness to pay for such mistakes
upon the part of its officials.
THE OODEN GATEWAY.
Party of
Prominent . Ballroad
Visit Portland.
Officials
Father Mazelie is among the Roman
Catholics killed.
The wildly yelling mob attacked the
front and rear of the priest's residence.
With the help of friendly natives be
barricaded the back and faced the mob
in front with a rifle; but the barricades
were broken down; the priest was shot
and his body hacked tj pieces.
Placards are being posted thorought
many of the districts stating that
foreigners must be driven out of the
country or China will bo divided
amongst them and their homes de
stroyed and tbeir children stolen from
them. It is feared that moie murders
will occur, as leagues are being formed,
in some, districts thousands strong,
with the avowing intention of exterm
inating the Roman Catholic mission
aries. The missionaries refuse to
leave, saying they will resist to tbe
last, trusting to Province.
THIRTY DAYS RESPITE.
Theodore Durrant WU1 Not Be Bang UntU
July 9.
San Francisco, June 10. Govenor
Budd has granted a stay in the execu
tion of Durrant, fixing July 9 as the
date, and gives as a reason for his
action that tho legal points could not
be decided before tbe time fixed for
the execution tomorrow. He has ad
vised, however, that it might take 30
days to decide, even though the quo
tations be presented at once to the
supreme court, hence the reprieve was
deemed necessary.
The govenor has stated that it is his
intention to let the law take its course
against the murderer of Blanche La
mont. This, he said, when he decided
not to interfere in bohalf of the con
demned man. Now he Eays that the
sentence must be carried out or be
must learn that the federal courts havo
the right to interfere with the state
courts in cases such as the one at issue,
MO BB FA YOBS FOB TRUSTS.
Republican Senators Want to Raise tbe
Duty on Sngar.
Washington, June 8. The repub
lican caucus today was well attended.
Great interest was manifested in the
caucus because it was known that an
Debt is the great curse of the coun-1 effort was to be made to secure a new
try. Were tnere no annual interest i sugar scneauie wuieu an mo rupuuii-
charges to meet on the national, state, can senators could support.
county, city and school district debts, Senator ' Aldricb, "after the caucus
taxes would be reduced one-fourth.and adjourned, said It wai yery successful,
were there no mortgages, the business and he felt the republicans were going
interests of the country would not feel I to stand together on ail schedules of
the effects of depressing times nearly the bill, and that an agreement would
so severely. Americana have lived be reached where aiiierenccs of
fast the past thirty years, built up too opinion . existed. The ' important
much on borrowed capital, and are feature of the meeting was the determ-
now paying tbe penalty. - - ication reached to vote together as a
been under adyisement for some days,
and this ruling is a very important
precedent, as this is the first time the
question of legality of a woman prac
ticing law has ever been brought up
in this state.
. Fighting In Pinar del KID,
Key. West, Fla., June 8. The
forces of the Reina battalion had a
fierce combat at Sagua Colorado, Pinar
del Roi province, lasting 13 hours.
The insurgents obliged tbe Spaniards
to keep at a distance. The Spaniards
retreated, carrying with tbem many
dead and wounded.
Editors at Port Townsend.
Port Townsend, Wash., June '9.
Seventy-three members of the Califor
nia State . Press Association passed
through here this morning, returning
from a two-days' visit to Victoria.
They speak in glowing terms of the
treatment accorded them by the
queen's subjects while their guests. '
Portland, Or., June 9. This morn
ing's through train from the East, over
the O. R. & N., brought two Important
delegations of railroad men to Port
land, whose presence marks tbe be
ginning of a new epoch in the railroad
situation in Oregon and tbe Northwest.
The two parties are the officials of
the Oregon Short Line and the Rio
Grande Western roads, and the object
of their visit is the establishment of
agencies in Portland for the lines
which have been so long shut out of
the Pacific Northwest by the Union
Pacific.
S. W. Eccles, traffic manager of the
Short Line, in an interview with the
Telegram, said:
We will have a fully equipped
office for business here in Portland
You may depend on us. We will have
a general agent to look after freight
and passenger business and he will be
supplied with all the necessary assist
ance. Portland is the great objective
point on our maps, and now that tbe
gateway has been opened and free ac
cess is to be had to 27,000 miles of rail
road, we intend to do all we can for
Orogon's metropolis.
"Everywhere we have met with a
cordial welcome, and the press of the
Northwest has been exceedingly kind
to our company, for all seem to readily
realize the benefits to be derived from
an open, fair competition for North
west traffic. Tbe Short Line is in good
shape and business has been forging
right ahead since the first of June.
"As for the jobbers in Portland's
territory I would say to them that we
expect to do everything that is fair and
right by them, and in turn we' confi
dently look to tbem to givo us their
business. We shall do the very best
possible, consistent with good business
management to make fair, equitable
rates with all other jobbing sections.
A Bensatlon in Texas.
Austin, Tex., June 9. A sensation
was created in tbe legislature today by
the introduction of a resolution in the
house providing for the appointment
of a committee to investigate the man
agement of the state university in this
city. Tbe resolution charges that tbe
professors are teaching heresy ana in
flating the minds of the pupils with
republican political faith and that the
entire management of the institution,
as well as the students is suffering by
the presence of these Northern Ismael
ites. i The resolution went over till to
ANTl-CHRIlTIAN RIOTS.
Three Missionaries Killed by Mobs at
Lien Chins;, China.
New YoRK.June 10. A special to
the Herald from Vancouver, li. C,
says:
Antl-Cbristtan riots have taken
place in Lieu Cblng, China. A mob
of fanatics, loudly proclaimimg that
Roman Catholics have kidnapped their
children, rushed simultaneously on the
mission buildings. In the fierce fight
that ensued three Christians were
killed outright, eight wounded and
four captured. Particulars are coming
in very ineagerly. The Reverend
EDI10RIAL NOTES.
Washington is fariog well in the
way of receiving recognition from
McKinley's administration. Henry
rik Wilson, of Spokaoe, has been ap
pointed envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenlpotintiary to Chili, and John
F. Gowey, of Olympia, has received
the appointment of consul at Kana
gawa, Japan. Wilson is a brother of
Senator Wilson, and Gowey is a prom
inent banker of Olympia.
The national democrats better
known as Cleveland democrats, gold
standard democrats, or assistant re
publicans are organizing in all states
that hold elections this year, not with
the hope of electing their ticket or of
fostering any defined principle, but
with the view of helping the republi
can party into power. Why not the
silver forces combine in those states to
offset the combined forces of republi
cans and their allies? When there is
fusion on one side there should be fu
sion on the other.
Those persons who find their enjoy
ment in minding other people's busi
ness may obtain a useful hint from
action or the Presbyterjafbi General
A I. T I 1 I J . .
Asaouiujjf iu mjiuguflrtne table reso
lutions denounjjfcfuf Princetown '
voroii-jf lurjsroviaing wine at tbe an
niversary banquet last fall. What a
n3n.11 or carporation provides for guests
to eat and drink is not a matter for
discussion. But strong "temperance".
views and ordinary courtesy sometimes
seem to be incompatible.
The middle-of-the-road populiits of
Oregon, under the lead of State Chair
man Young, oppose to fusion with b'3
other silver party, except the- 08
allowed to dictate to the policy A tne
fusion. But there are thoi"8118 '
other populists in the stat who hold
principle above party, ho left the
democratic party becaue of the leader
ship of Cleveland, and are ready to
again unite with the old democracy.
Such will refuse to let Mr. Young lead
them by the nose, and whenever the
democrats come out with a platform
declaring for free coinage and honest
government, they will forsake false
gods, and rally around the old standard.
Tbe East and the West cannot agree
on tariff schedules any nearer than the
North and South could on'the slavery
Question ' forty years ago. Eastern
senators say they will not stand the
high duties on the raw materials de
manded by the Westeners. Senator
Lodge declares that Massachusetts will
refuse to re-elect him if a duty ia put
on hides, and others are equally fearful
of being defeated if the West is given
duo consideration in forming the new
tariff law.
The dispatches state that President
McKinley has expressed his sympathy
for Spain; but not a word of sympathy
hrs he spoken for the thousands of
Cubans whom Spain is starving. Is it
possible that this typical American,
the chief executive of the great Ameri
can republic, whom we all respect be
cause he is our president, can find
cause for sympathizing with Spain
while she is butchering and starving
her subjects in defenseless Cuba?
The Ilbrals of Spain have defined the
policy they would pursue toward Cuba
which would be to grant home rule to
West Indies, remove Weyler, and stop
persecuting insurgents. But there la
little probability of their getting con
trol of the rein 1 of govern meet at
Madrid, and were they to succeed,
their kindness toward the lnsurgenta
would come too late to be of benefit to
Spain. Tbe Cubans have battled for
absolute independence and will accept
nothing else unless forced to.
Tbe public pulse of Germany does
not beat for the present emperor as 16
did for William I. .Only a few days
ago he and the empress were attend
ing the spring parade on the Tempel-
hof grounds at Berlin, when they were
hooted at by the populace who were
being severely treated by the police.
showing that even if the populace have
no means of righting supposed wrongs
by force, they may display their dis
pleasure with the ruler whom they bold
responsible for all Indignities thrust
upon them by under officers.
A statlstlcan estimates that out of
930,000,000 people who rode on the
railways of England last year only 388
were killed, while out of 4,000,000
living ip London 686 were killed by
falling out of window and from roofs.
From this he draws a reasonable con
clusion that it is safer to ride on a
railway than it is to live in a home or
under a roof. Accident insurance
companies have long recognized this,
and write policies granting double
benefits for damages austaines ' by
the injured while riding on railroads
and steamboats.
Old Ben .Tillmon, the South Caro
lina senator of pitchfork fame, is
wielding his favorite agriculture im-
plsment quite admirably-, giving some
of tbe senators who speculate on prob
able acts of congress, most unmerciful
prods, but be is doing geod work
nevertheless, and it Is hoped that ha
will wield his pitchfork long enough to
throw out some of tbe reeicing cor
ruption that pervades the halls of con
gress. Old Ben has only one eye, but
with that single optie he is able to dis
cover what many men with two eyes
have never seen.
A' queen is only a
woman after all, and!
every woman is a
queen if she be a
perfect woman.
The . crown of wo
manhood is mother
hood. There is no
higher thing than
this. There Is no
better thing that
woman can do
be a mother
. and happy
fWJ&randTSS,
"Kg that anyuxfty
.am do in this world.
It cannot be achier-
?! Mt r'-. 'VS ed by a woman who
isn't healthy, who
yDf: ' f suffers from any of
h-Vi-:' a the weaknesses or'
iV r disorders peculiar to
her sex. A false
idea of modesty
wtich prevents the acquisition of know
edge, and the carelessness which pre
vents an application . of knowledge are
ine most proline - causes 01 una kind
of sickness. Thirty years ago, knowledge
of the prevalence of su"h disorders in
duced Dr. R. V. Pierce, than as now,
chief consulting physician of the Invalid's
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y., to devote a great amount of time
snd study to the preparation of a remedy
that would invigorate and strengthen the
womanly organism uiai would, cure '
perfectly and positively all forms of fe
male weakness that would take the
danger away from childbirth, and greatly
lessen the pains of labor. This remedy is ;
called Dr. llerce's Favorite Prescription.
That it accomplished tbe object for which,
it was intended is proven by its remarks
able and continued success for V3 rears. .
Women will gain much knowledge by
reading Dr. Pierce's great thous&ni page
' Common Sense Medical Adviser." A
free copy will be sent on reeMu?
cent stamps to cover
Address, world's
Association, Buff;